Price fixing has sent Realtor commissions soaring in an already hot market lawsuit alleges
Realty rules effectively force home sellers to pay commission to a buyer agent
Canadian home prices fall six percent in April down for second month in a row
Number of home sales fell twelve percent from March
Canada Has Never Seen Real Mortgage Rates This Low and It Is Fueling The Bubble
Canada real estate industry is sounding the alarms on higher rates warning it will punish buyers
Ontario Greens propose tax on domestic buyers of multiple homes
Ontario Green Party is proposing a tax on domestic homebuyers with multiple properties as a measure to reduce housing demand and make it easier for first time buyers to get into the market
Why even falling prices will not make housing affordable any time soon
Sales volumes and listings have fallen as interest rates have started to rise But even a dramatic drop in prices will not put home ownership back into reach for many of those priced out of the market
The Ontario Housing Market Is Driving People To Move To Smaller Towns And Here Is Where
The move is driving up house prices in these areas
Canada bans foreign homebuyers for two years
Canada housing market is one of the hottest in the world with prices jumping by more than twenty percent last year per the CBC
Bank of Canada Higher Interest Rate Impacts Real Estate
The Bank of Canada raised interest rates yesterday Considering how overleveraged Canada economy is this move could have a drastic impact in the months ahead
Canada Largest Real Estate Markets Could Soon Peak Report
There are nascent signs that tight real estate market conditions in Canada two largest cities are beginning to loosen and slow price appreciation
Ford government unveils plans to fix soaring Ontario housing prices but not everything on the table
The Ford government has revealed its plans for dealing with the soaring cost of buying a home five weeks before the Ontario election campaign begins
Canada Has The Second Most Overvalued Real Estate of Any Advanced Economy
Canadian real estate prices have surged for years now but it is not due to an income boom
Could the War in Ukraine Have Any Impact on the Canadian Real Estate Market
Someday when the history of the twenty first century has been written and bound historians will no doubt mark the Russo Ukrainian war as a turning point in the relationship of media and European war the first to be digitized extensively
Canadian Real Estate Company Offers Housing Supplies for Refugees from Ukraine
One leading Canadian real estate company is stepping up to provide assistance to refugees from Ukraine
Average detached home price in Toronto hits a record breaking two million dollars
The latest report from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board shows listings remain low in the city
Canadian Real Estate Agents And Brokers See Record Revenues And Record Profits
Canada booming real estate market is making it rain for the industry
Only Nineteen Percent of Canadians Have Any Interest in Buying Real Estate Right Now
Only two in ten Canadians have any interest in purchasing a house right now
Doug Ford housing task force calls for more density less public consultation
Task force makes fifty five recommendations aimed at reining in home prices
Canada Real Estate Bubble Has Grown Over Eight Hundred Percent Faster Than US Home Prices
Canadian real estate prices are some of the fastest growing in the world and have been for some time
Crypto mortgages are now a thing will they come to Canada
Though they offer a way to turn crypto wealth into real estate they come with risk
Time for leaders to take action on Toronto real estate market crisis
The noise around Toronto housing shortage comes to mind
Zara billionaire owner to buy Toronto Royal Bank Plaza for one point two billion dollars
Sale of iconic gold clad tower among the biggest transactions for an office building globally since pandemic began
Could a new tax on homes worth 1M dollars and up help fix Canada housing crisis
Group says modest tax could raise 5B dollars a year to help pay for affordable housing
How Ontario should tackle the high cost of a home according to the opposition parties
Housing affordability poised to be key issue in this year provincial election
Canada Real Estate Industry Had Forecast Slow Price Growth In Next Year But Not Anymore
Canada real estate industry is ratcheting up expectations for next year
Canada Largest Real Estate Regulator Is Eliminating Customers And It Is A Big Deal
Multiple bids get the most attention but a less known change is a bigger deal eliminating customers
Canada opens door to immigrants adding fuel to hot housing market
Immigrants tend to buy in large urban centres like greater Toronto and Vancouver where home prices are now above one point twelve million dollars
Why Doug Ford is pushing Ontario cities to speed up housing construction
As home prices soar and an election nears the premier calls mayors to a housing summit
Investors now make up more than twenty five percent of Ontario homebuyers pushing prices higher experts warn
Recently released data suggests investors now make up the largest segment of buyers of Ontario residential real estate and it is pushing the dream of home ownership out of reach for many looking to buy a home simply to live in
Ontario Real Estate Is The Most Overvalued In Canada Slow Growth Expected Moody
Exuberant Canadian real estate buyers sent home prices soaring during the pandemic
Homebuyers rush for mortgage pre approvals amid mounting signs of rate hikes to come
Higher mortgage rates are coming at some point and even small hikes can add up fast
The latest real estate stats for hot markets are bad news for homebuyers
There is still a lot of demand chasing an increasingly scarce number of listings
Canadian Real Estate Prices Are Overvalued By Up To Ninety One Percent Moody
As disastrous as that sounds the firm is not expecting a big housing crash The baseline model shows low to no price growth as mortgage rates rise
The Canadian Real Estate Trends Set to Define Next Year PwC
Fundamental forces of change continue to reshape the real estate industry
What an end to blind bidding for real estate could look like Social Sharing
With concerns about affordability and transparency plaguing Canada housing market some say an end to blind bidding is the solution But the real estate industry says a ban is not the way to go
Toronto high risk housing market could be in for a rude awakening
A mix of moderate price acceleration and overvaluation are combining for high market vulnerability in many parts of the country including the Greater Toronto Area GTA region
Here is how the housing landscape could change under a newly re elected Liberal government
Ottawa looks very similar post election but there is optimism about affordability if promises are kept
Canada Real Estate Bubble Is The Second Longest In The World US Federal Reserve
The longer a market remains exuberant the greater the drag on quality of life and the economy
Canada Economy Hits A New Record For Dependency On Real Estate Investment
The Canadian economy defied odds and became more dependent on real estate investment
Housing affordability promises unlikely to influence election results Environics Analytics
New data from Environics Analytics suggests these policy announcements are unlikely to influence the election results in a significant number of ridings
Measures to make housing more affordable would not be popular with voters economist
Building more homes is key but could devalue existing properties says John Rapley
Canada Property Bubble Saw Inventory Tighten It Did That Last Time Prices Fell Too
Canadian real estate inventory suddenly became a little more scarce last month
Canada Largest Source Of Money Laundered Funds For Real Estate Is Canadians
Canada is the country where most of the laundered funds came from
The cost of down payments in Canadian cities skyrocketed in this year new data shows
Skyrocketing housing prices in this year are driving up how long it would take for homebuyers to save for a down payment new data shows
Posthaste Looks like Canada hot hot housing market has peaked earlier than expected
The big question now is how fast are we going to tumble down that mountain
Cooler housing market will not hurt Canada recovery CIBC
Home prices are not factored into residential investment and employment in sector is not likely to take a hit economist says
Nearly thirty percent of Toronto non homeowners have accepted that they will be renting for life
This one right now for a sizeable portion of people who do not already own homes in Toronto according to the results of a new poll released by the Ontario Real Estate Association OREA on Tuesday
Toronto housing market finally cools down but experts say it will not stay that way
Home sales just dropped in Toronto for the third consecutive month newly released MLS data shows suggesting that recent demand surges caused by COVID may have settled down for now
One bedroom Toronto condo listed for six hundred and seventy million dollars
Unfortunately it hit the market on Friday with a listing price that made it unaffordable to well basically everyone
Canadian Real Estate Flashes Another Bubble Warning A Flattening Rental Curve
It is not just Canadian home prices showing bubbly signs but rental prices are following too
Agents Seeing Signs of Fatigue in Toronto Once Feverish Real Estate Market
After months of fierce competition and a flurry of activity Toronto once feverish real estate market is finally starting to show signs of slowing down
Not just the pandemic Why housing prices are skyrocketing and what could come next
Real estate has gone completely bonkers
GTA home sales down thirteen percent between April and May but prices still rising TRREB
The frenzied pace of home sales that appeared at the start of the year is continuing to slow
The first vehicles are finally running on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT in Toronto
After part of the route was powered up for the first time earlier this month LRT vehicles are ready to test it out before it opens for public use and the first of six trains was shipped out and installed on the tracks yesterday
Here is where home values have increased the most in Toronto and it is not where you would think
Real estate in Toronto and all its frantic overpriced out of control fun progressively less affordable to progressively more people who now have to save for an average of twenty five years just for a down payment
Toronto Condo Market Reaping Benefits of Sky High Home Prices
For the past twelve months while all eyes have been on Toronto red hot single family housing market it seems as if condos were forced to sit on the back burner as a large swath of downtown residents suddenly turned their attention to finding more space in the suburbs
CMHC predicts COVID immunity will moderate pace of home sales prices by two thousand twenty three
The federal housing agency predicts sales will be slowed by increasing mortgage rates and high prices seen in existing home markets
Netflix Just Announced That It Is Setting Up A Brand New Office In Toronto
Toronto is turning Netflix and Chill into Netflix and Work
Toronto bans tall buildings in downtown neighbourhood and people just noticed
The changes were quietly pushed through on Wednesday after a number of public consultation meetings
Toronto real estate board dropping master bedroom term
Greater Toronto Area home hunters will soon spot a change to the property listings they browse
It is not just Toronto and Vancouver Canada housing bubble has gone national
When people picture red-hot real estate markets, they most likely think of soaring prices for the condos dotting Vancouver's skyline.
It is not just Toronto and Vancouver Canada housing bubble has gone national
When people picture red-hot real estate markets, they most likely think of soaring prices for the condos dotting Vancouver's skyline.
Breathtaking new condo and office tower proposed for the Toronto Islands
It was only a matter of time before they came for the Toronto Islands
Four trends that will shape Canadian real estate in this year
The pandemic has changed the way we live and work
CREA expects record home sales this year as market remains strong
The Canadian Real Estate Association is predicting home sales will be so strong they will reach record highs this year before starting to cool in next year
Canada housing market is clearly overheating but policymakers are not intervening
Lockboxes typically used by real estate agents to store keys for apartment and condominium showings are seen attached to a street lamp outside an area of condo buildings in downtown Toronto
Toronto housing market continues to blaze with average prices now topping one million dollars
Detached houses in the nine hundred and five communities surrounding Toronto experienced a particular surge
Off the charts How Canada real estate market defied expectations in the COVID pandemic
When the pandemic hit last March and lockdowns started many assumed the economic downturn would hammer real estate
Real estate prices in trendy Toronto neighbourhoods drop by thirty per cent
A report on price declines arrives just as Toronto real estate lobbyists are pushing back against proposed tax hikes on luxury properties
Are There More Financial Pockets to the Real Estate Industry Save Max Analysis on Real Estate Trends for This Year
Current MLS stats indicate an average house in GTA hit a new record in last year
Toronto had the highest rent arrears rate in Canada in last year
The COVID pandemic disproportionately affected Toronto hospitality and service workers and in turn the rental market
Toronto real estate agent shows home while tenants in self isolation
The home owner says the tenants did not show COVID symptoms and were self isolating due to close contact with a positive case
W shaped pandemic recovery could see house prices fall by fifty percent CMHC
The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation says new risk assessments it conducted show a W shaped recovery from a pandemic could trigger a nearly fifty percent drop in housing prices and a peak unemployment rate of twenty five percent
Pandemic housing boom means affordability is no longer just a big city problem
Canada housing market closed last year with a bang another record setting month for both home sales and prices
Buying or selling key projections for Canadian real estate in this year
Human beings are obsessed with knowing the future
Five Canadian Housing Market Predictions for Next Year
It is safe to say that this year was a year like no other and as it draws to a thankful close it is time to start thinking about what is in store for Canada housing market in next year
Toronto Real Estate Market Has Little Evidence of Overvaluation CMHC
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says there is currently little evidence of overvaluation in the Toronto real estate market
This is how much home prices in Toronto are expected to rise over the next year
The price of homes in Toronto is set to keep on increasing if the latest expert predictions are at all accurate
Why are young Canadians leaving the cities they love
Take a trip go somewhere than to spend that money on a desk
How Covid will change the architecture of cities
Business of Design Week 2020 speakers on making them greener and less divided
Toronto New Condo Prices Soar To Nearly One Million As Sales Drop thirty two percent
Toronto downtown core is experiencing a condo sales slump
Canada House Price Index Has Hottest October On Record
We could be in for a typical correction one analysis predicts
Toronto is drastically cutting office space as remote work could become permanent
Whether you love it or hate COVID has brought on a new reality for many people
How the pandemic has turned downtown Toronto condos into challenging investments
Under ordinary circumstances the investment plan seemed sound
Canada House Prices Are Soaring Because Reality Does Not Matter Anymore To Things Like That
How is it that our stock markets and house prices look like this is the best of times
Will second wave of COVID burst Toronto real estate bubble
A lot has happened since that fateful Friday the 13th in March.
Toronto Is Getting Self Driving Shuttles To Make Your Commute Way Faster This Spring
Your commute could soon involve rides around Toronto in a self-driving car
How Will the Second Wave of the Pandemic Affect Toronto Real Estate
How will second wave of the pandemic this fall and winter affect people’s desire and ability to buy homes
Real estate market going through recalibration of supply demand
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Detached house prices in Toronto are still lower than peak in 2017
Zoocasa reports that despite a record-breaking summer for Toronto house prices, the demand for detached homes is still tempered
Detached house prices in Toronto are still lower than peak in 2017
Zoocasa reports that despite a record-breaking summer for Toronto house prices, the demand for detached homes is still tempered
Toronto top experts cast predictions for the fall real estate market
Our all star panel weighs in on the season most pressing questions
Mortgaging the future
Why people are leaving the big city and Toronto real estate
Toronto considering ambitious homeless housing plan in wake of COVID 19 pandemic
Toronto is considering an ambitious new plan to combat homelessness as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to exacerbate the issue.
Downtown Toronto condo rental listings jumped 80 per cent
Despite a huge increase in condo supply and declining demand, Toronto realtors are confident home prices will keep rising in 2020
Toronto real estate hits another all time high in July
A new report suggests potential Toronto home buyers have doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic
US Federal Reserve Canadian Real Estate Buyers Returned To Exuberance Before Pandemic
Canadian real estate buyers were heading all-in before the pandemic struck.
Cottage country real estate is booming as Toronto residents looking to leave the city in droves
Ontario’s cottage country real estate is seeing a boom since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold as city-dwellers look to the great outdoors for more space.
Toronto real estate market is rebounding fast as pandemic restrictions lift
Home sales are surging in Toronto once again this summer after a brief yet steep drop due to COVID-19
Waterfront Toronto ditches Sidewalk Labs vision of high tech sensor driven smart district at Quayside
Waterfront Toronto is ditching the vision of the high-tech, sensor-driven smart district that Sidewalk Labs wanted to create on Toronto’s eastern waterfront.
Suburbs Boom Toronto Fizzles As World s Major Cities Witness A Pandemic Exodus
The question is will people come back when the pandemic is behind us?
Pandemic puts strength of TO real estate market on display
Some analysts suggest that this is further proof of its seemingly eternal strength and resiliency.
Nearly half of prospective home buyers willing to consider virtual showings amid COVID 19
Nearly half of Ontarians who plan to buy a home in the next two years say that they are willing to consider going ahead with a purchase even if they can only view the property virtually
Ford s 11B Ontario Line likely won t be completed by 2027 source says
“I’d be lying to you if I said (the 2027 completion date) wasn’t challenged.”
Here is where rent prices are dropping the most in and around Toronto
it's a great time to be looking for a new place in Toronto at least in comparison to where we were at this time last year
34 percent of Torontonians Still Say They Want to Buy a Home in the Next Twelve Months
Regardless of unpredictability the COVID pandemic has caused for Torontos real estate market residents are still interested in buying a new home in the months ahead according to the new survey from Toronto Regional Real Estate Board
Loaded with cash real estate investors wait for sellers to crack
Sellers are currently willing to concede discounts of around 5 per cent while bidders are hoping for about 20 per cent off pre-pandemic prices
Some companies are killing the office for good and it could transform the way we live
The pandemic has forced companies to make crisis decisions and forced a lot of executives to see that remote working is a viable choice
What Can We Learn From the Failed Smart City Development Project in Canada
It was not just a mess but an obvious mess
Canadian banks expected to tighten home equity line of credit access as aid measures wind down
Banks may clamp down on HELOCs to reduce the risk of spikes in sour loans which the banks are already bracing for
Grassroots initiative helps find low cost rentals for frontline workers during pandemic
Property owners are offering up short term accommodations at reduced prices to nurses doctors and long term care staff
The hit to Torontos finances from COVID19 is scary Heres what it means for the average homeowners property tax
According to the city the COVID19 outbreak and response is costing Toronto 65 million dollars each week through a mixture of lost revenue and increased spending
We saw a major shift How did Covid19 impact the real estate market We asked TREBs senior analyst
TREBs senior analyst tells us how the pandemic has affected the real estate market
Will COVID19 have an impact on the housing market heres what RBC thinks
A report from RBC explains whether COVID19 will have an impact on the housing market
Prices continue to soar in Toronto real estate market despite COVID19 crisis
Toronto residents Mike and Andrée Sullivan are selling their century home after 27 years. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the city’s real estate market is showing few signs of slowing down.
Pre construction purchase from a builder
An overview of the process of buying what is known as pre construction from the builder.
Canadian banks slash prime rates again to 3 percent the lowest since 2017
The shrinking of margins by lower rates is set to combine with a potential recession to create a bleaker-than-expected year for Canadian lenders, investors and analysts said.
Short term rentals pinched by coronavirus fears
Short-term rental companies that lease homes and condo units may be uniquely exposed to the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak.
Virus driven interest rate cut could add kerosene to Canadas already hot housing market
Market poised for a hot spring — with lower mortgage rates likely to offset any major drag from the coronavirus
Rock stars of construction in high demand in Toronto North Americas fastest growing city
Demand for crane operators is soaring in and around Toronto where about 120 cranes rise from projects across the metropolitan area
CMCH says Unstoppable condo sales put Toronto market at risk of overheating
Condos are driving much of the momentum in the local real estate market, with the Toronto real estate board forecasting a further 10 per cent rise in condo prices this year.
Time to get serious about Torontos homelessness crisis
A year after encampments sprung up under the Gardiner, the war of words between housing activists and City Hall reaches a tipping point in the city's most marginalized neighbourhood
Drive until you qualify Mortgage stress test forces homebuyers further outside GTA to find house they can afford
TREB survey finds buyers had to adjust their expectations last year just as it expects home prices to rise nearly 10 per cent this year
How Will Coronavirus Affect Canadian Real Estate
MortgageCalculator is the industrys leading Financial Planning Tool that is designed to help real estate buyers compare current mortgage rates of multiple Canadian financial institutions
Could splitting mortgage costs with investors make housing more affordable Canadas top banker believes it would
Poloz has pointed out a need for banks and financial services in Canada to think more creatively about risk sharing and mortgages
Construction of rental apartments at the highest level since the 1970s
Urbanations Shaun Hildebrand said a total of Sixty Nine Thousand Five Hundred Sixty Four apartments were under construction or proposed for development by the end of 2019 but it will take time for those to become occupied
Mortgage rates fall further as buyers rush into the first open houses of 2020
The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell to the lowest level since October this week, at 3.69%, according to Mortgage News Daily. That has an already competitive housing market heating up even more.
Canadian recession not expected in 2020 despite uncertainties
A recession is not expected in Canada this year despite a number of global uncertainties and trade tensions, according to a top Scotiabank economist, but growth will likely remain unexceptional
Things are looking up for real estate markets heading into 2020
After a disappointing 2018 when housing prices and sales declined 2019 has been a year of resilience for housing markets across most of Canada
Ontario federal government make One billion four hundred million dollars housing deal to help low income renters
Torontos low income renters may soon get some relief from the citys overheated market following the announcement of one billion four hundred million dollars rental housing benefit cofunded and agreed on by the provincial and the federal governments
Raising taxes to build Toronto is not just good it is necessary
Mayor John Torys plan to increase property taxes is good news for Toronto
Millennials Expected to Bolster Canada s Real Estate Market Next Year
Price increases of about three percent across the country have been predicted
Heres one thing you should be shopping for this holiday season
This is the best time of year to make one big ticket purchase new data suggests
How the portrait of a first time home buyer has changed since the stress test
One in four buyers say they had to cut back on expenses rely more on savings and buy a smaller home
Canada needs to ditch its addiction to real estate and start investing in technology
Tech companies make up only a paltry five per cent of Canada’s biggest exchange Of that just three stocks Constellation Software Shopify and CGL account for three quarters of the total value
How a property survey could have prevented a pricey court judgment
I am regularly surprised at how frequently a land survey is viewed as unnecessary when it could be considered the single most important document in a real estate transaction
Mortgage stress test has not solved housing supply problem
David Wilkes writes that an estimated 64 per cent of qualified buyers would return to the housing market if the mortgage stress test were adjusted
Big losers in Canadian election could be foreign real estate speculators
New taxes for non-Canadian buyers supported by both Liberals and NDP
Immigrant fuelled demand is helping to power Canadas housing market
As per a Royal Lepage Poll Immigrants buy twenty one per cent of houses and may purchase six hundred eighty thousand homes during the next five years
Appraisals are no longer required on some home sales of four hundred thousand dollars and under
Regulators raise appraisal threshold for first time since 1994
Real estate is still the best investment you can make today millionaires say and here is why
Billionaire Andrew Carnegie famously said that 90 percent of millionaires got their wealth by investing in real estate and we wanted to know whether this is still true
The Citys real estate plan makes sense if done right
A plan at City Hall to reorganize the citys real estate holdings that could save taxpayers money looks good on paper
Why and how I left my 610 dollar apartment in Toronto
I loved my apartment in Toronto
This Toronto garage actually costs almost 600 thousand dollars
Realtor calls it an interesting property that will no doubt draw demand
Condos now cost more per square foot than a detached home
Prices range from over 1000 dollars in Vancouver to just over 300 dollars in Calgary
Feds target congestion at Bloor Yonge station as part of 1 Billion Dollar GTA transit investment
Six stations will also be added to existing GO Transit rail corridor
GTA Market Update - Q4 2017
The GTA market is showing signs of a rebound, with a 12% increase in resale volume in October and slight increase in prices
TD hikes mortgage rates for rental properties and lengthy loans
TD will start charging borrowers an extra 10 basis points or 0.1 per cent for all fixed rate mortgages that take more than 25 years to pay back. They will also be executing an extra cost for mortgages on rental properties, which will charge borrowers 25 basis points more.
Ontario offers 1st-time homebuyers bigger tax break
The Ontario Government is looking to double the maximum tax rebate that is offered to first-time homebuyers alongside raising the land-transfer tax on house purchases over $2 million.
